Container for dispensing grease



March 16, 1937. sc E I 2,074,241

CONTAINER FOR DISPENSING GREASE I 7 Filed May 21, 1935 Patented Mar. 16, 1937 UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE CONTAINER FOR DISPENSING GREASE Application May 21, 1935, Serial No. 22,610

1 Claim.

The invention relates to a container for dispensing heavy bodied grease and the like.

An object of the invention is to provide a container of the above type with a nozzle through which the contents of the container may be dispensed and a bottom so formed and attached to the container body that it may be stripped from said body when a detaching pulling force is applied thereto.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a View partly in section and partly in side elevation showing the improved container.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the bottom of the container.

Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation of a tool employed for forcibly removing said bottom.

The invention is directed to a container for dispensing heavy bodied grease. The container consists of a body portion, the interior of which is of substantially uniform diameter from one end to the other. The container body has a top end attached thereto in the usual manner and is provided with a dispensing nozzle and closure-therefor. The bottom end of the container has a sealed clinched connection tothe body portion and is provided with means whereby a suitable tool may be attached thereto and the bottom forcibly stripped from said container. After the bottom has been stripped from the container the contents may be dispensed with a special grease gun direct from the nozzle at the top end thereof.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, a container embodying the improvements of the in- 35 vention is indicated at 5. The container comprises a body portion 6 which is of substantially uniform diameter from end to end and has a top end I attached thereto by double seaming in the well known manner. The top end is provided 0 with a reduced neck portion or nozzle 8 whichis closed by a screw cap 9. vided at its opposite end with an outwardly curled bead I0.

A bottom end ll is attached to the body through The container is proprovide portions forming ledges or shoulders [9 which overhang or extend partially across the recess I1 and beneath which a suitable tool may be inserted for forcibly stripping the bottom from the container. The shoulders. l9 are thus formed from the wall of the recess and in juxtaposition with the bumped or depressed portions around the central portion I8 of the bottom end.

The stripper head or chuck portion of a tool for stripping the bottom end from the container, is 10 diagrammatically shown at in Fig. 4 of the drawing. The stripper head of the tool has spaced lugs 2| which are adapted to be inserted in the recess IT in the bottom end and has necked in portions 22 which conform to the shape of the 15 projections. [9 on the cover panel and are attached thereto by a relative turning movement of the can end to the stripper head. After the stripper head is so attached to the end, a pulling force is applied for stripping the end from the container. The tool which is shown in part in this application, forms no part of the present invention, but is fully shown described and claimed in my copending application, Ser. No. 22,611 filed of even date.

From the above it will be apparent that a container has been devised wherein heavy bodied grease may be packed and shipped. When it is desired to dispense the contents of the container the bottom end is so attached that it may be forcibly yet easily stripped from the container body and the container inserted in a suitable grease gun for forcing the contents thereof direct from the end of the container bearing the dispensing nozzle. In this manner grease may be supplied to the consumer in sealed packages and opened and dispensed in his presence.

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction and the arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claim:

I claim:

A container for dispensing heavy bodied grease comprising a body portion, a bottom end clinched around the bottom edge of said body portion and having an annular recess within and adjacent the body wall of the body portion, the central portion of said bottom end being depressed at intervals adjacent said annular recess, and tool engaging shoulders formed from the inner wall of said recess in juxtaposition with said depressed portions and extending into said recess.

HERBERT SCI-TRADER. 

